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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

We are in the final stretch: 1 month and 8 days to go. Matt and I have taken a break from wedding planning for the past two weeks to close out the school year (we both teach 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades at public Montessori schools) and take a road trip.We traveled from Denver to Utah to Idaho to Oregon to California and home again. Our trip was full of unforeseen obstacles (like a veritable wall of fuzzy mosquitoes at our campsite in Utah and gunshots in the middle of the night at our campsite in rural Oregon). I almost forget there was also the time our dog peed in the tent.

But, like life and our impending marriage, what you choose to focus on will determine your general impressions and ultimate happiness. So, instead, I choose to remember watching our dog overcome his fear of water in the Great Salt Lake in Utah, shopping at the Farmers' Market in Bend, Oregon, picnicking at a private campsite with towering trees, swimming in a clear lake off the Californian highway, watching Matt walk to the edge of a bluff and see the Pacific Ocean for the first time.

Refreshed from the trip, we now need to kick it into high gear. We need to move from wedding planning to wedding execution.

In the last hour of our ride home yesterday, Matt and I talked through the project plan and translated it into our last action items.

Talk to Kim about Friday

C2=agenda, not Wed. night, flowers

Figure out jobs

Finalize Mr. Margarita

Figure out bunk situation

Make signs

Favors/gifts

Finish dress

Finish sash

Fix necklace

Work on quilt

E-mail Katy about photos

Solidify agenda with Andy

Make Andy’s binder

Finish vows

Make napkins

Make tablecloths

Make favors

Make one-pagers

Finish “to bring” list

Make programs

E-mail people who have not RSVPed

E-mail people where they are staying

Buy flickr storage

Order kegs

Order tamales

Order cakes

Make Amy’s $ sheet

Print up final schedules and checklists for everyone

Luckily, this kind of stuff is fun. Phew! It feels really great to be so entrenched in the process.

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We're the kind of people who would rather be outside than in. We drink mostly water. A lot of it. We're the kind of people who put on costumes at Halloween and drive around town delivering brownies (with bows) to friends and random people in the service industry. We cook four nights a week and eat out three. We're passionate about making the world better, and we spend lots of time actually trying to do it.